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Hi all,

Was wondering if anyone would mind looking up a Bungay baptism please.

I am looking for John KENT born c1810.

All of the census returns for John KENT, married to Esther, in South Elmham, indicate he was born in 1810.

I’ve found the following on the IGI, but would appreciate someone looking to see if there are any other entries.

Birth:       02 SEP 1802
Christening:   25 NOV 1802 Bungay, Suffolk, England
Father:    Francis KENT
Mother:    Hannah


Thanks in advance,

Dean.

Sally,

If you go here - http://www.old-maps.co.uk/indexmappage2.aspx

Type in the coordinates 527400 and 410500 into the two boxes, then click on ‘GO’.  Select map 4 of 11 (it’s clearer than map 1) and zoom in to Level 2 – you should see New Dock Street – According to the description of the Enumeration District (Great Grimsby Enumeration District No. 10) Contractors Row was near here.

Hope that helps,

Dean.

Following on from my previous threads:-

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,325204.0.html
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,326411.0.html

My brick wall now seems to be several courses higher!  Would any of you knowledgeable people have any suggestions for getting over it?

Basically, I am looking for the birth/baptism details of:-

John William Frank KENT, b 1864/65, Father’s name: John KENT, a Sailor.
Emma BROWN, b 1866/67, Father’s name: Fredrick BROWN, a Traveller.

The above details are taken from their marriage cert - they were married on 3rd Nov 1892 at St. John's Church, Lowestoft, and according to the 1901 census (They’d moved to Cleethorpes by then) they were both born in Lowestoft.

I’ve searched the GRO indexes, inconclusively.  I’ve searched the 1871, 1881 & 1891 census returns, but not found them – any possibilities are either ‘boarders’ or ‘visitors’.  And they’ve not been found in the Lowestoft parish records or in the surrounding parishes.  I’ve checked their addresses at the time of the wedding on the census returns – nothing! And the marriage witnesses bring nothing up on the census returns either.

Any suggestions on what to do next?  Could their Fathers occupations give me any clues?  John’s Father, John, was a Sailor – based in Lowestoft presumably.  Without a ships name though, it would be very difficult to look up any shipping records.  I am totally at a loss on how to progress this!  Any suggestions would be more that welcomed.

Their tree, for your info, is here:-

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l134/Dean_K/Fam%20Hist/Kent1.png

Thanks in advance,

Dean.

Many thanks to all who replied to my original thread - http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,325204.0.html

I’ve started this new thread to summarise what has been discovered so far, and to prevent the original one from getting too unwieldy.

I am looking for the baptism records of:-

John William Frank KENT, b 1864/65, Father’s name: John KENT, a Sailor.
Emma BROWN, b 1866/67, Father’s name: Fredrick BROWN, a Traveller.


They were both, supposedly, born in Lowestoft, so the following registers/parishes have been checked; unfortunately drawing a blank:-

Lowestoft St John’s
Lowestoft St Margaret’s
Kessingland
Pakefield
Kirkley
Oulton


The following have yet to be checked:-

Lowestoft St Peter’s
Lowestoft Christ Church
Gunton
Carlton Colville

If anybody could please check the outstanding registers, I’d be eternally grateful.

Thanks in advance,

Dean.